The Centenarians

This series aims to shed light on the very oldest of Syrian refugees –aged one hundred or more, whose memories strike at the heart of what has been lost during the past three years of war in their homeland. They provide a unique window on a crisis that is transforming the region. Some were born before the Great War of 1914-1918 and have experienced repeated major upheavals in their lifetime, economic, political and social. They are farmers, grandmothers, husbands and wives and they share one, abiding hope: that they will be given the chance to see their homeland one last time.
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